Les machines « Universelles » Ercem — L’Officiel du cycle, 1 November 1952, Frame, Fork and Crank Machining for Cycle Builders

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 1 November 1952, N° 44, the paper’s number reporting on the Salon du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 41: note ‘Les machines Universelles Ercem’: machine tools for machining the frame, fork and cranks of bicycles; also child’s bicycles, tandems, cyclomoteurs and scooters; photo of the type A machine. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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Les machines « Universelles » ERCEM

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice says the “Universelles” machines were perfected at cycle makers both large and small and allow all the machining operations on the frame, the fork and the cranks (manivelles) of bicycles to be carried out in a small floor space. They can also be used to make children’s bicycles, tandems, cyclomotors and scooters on request for special tooling, and set-ups for particular productions can be studied. The machines are recommended for their simple operation, which calls for no special labor.]

[An editorial note set in the magazine’s own column: a heading in roman type, right-aligned, with the firm’s name in capitals, over five short paragraphs of italic text. Below the text, a halftone photograph without a ruled frame, wider than it is tall, shows a heavy machine tool in a workshop: a low machine bed on a boxy pedestal at the left carries a head with a long handle and several small control levers and dials, with a small badge on the pedestal, and a second, larger machine with a motor housing and a control wheel stands in the foreground at the right. No caption, firm address, artist signature or agency mark appears in the crop.]